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Stone Barrington #10
Reckless Abandon
Stone Barrington is, once again, right at home in New York City; but this time he is joined by the tenacious Holly Barker from Orchid Blues, the lady police chief of Orchid Island, Florida. In Reckless Abandon, Holly finally makes it to Manhattan, hot on the trail of an evil fugitive from her jurisdiction. Stone is, well, glad to see her, right up until the moment when her presence creates a great danger to both of them - and to their surprise, she becomes the pursued, not the pursuer.
370 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 28, 2004
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Stuart Woods
408 books3,220 followersStuart Woods was an American novelist best known for Chiefs and his long-running Stone Barrington series. A Georgia native, he initially pursued a career in advertising before relocating to England and Ireland, where he developed a passion for sailing. His love for the sport led him to write his first published work, Blue Water, Green Skipper, about his experiences in a transatlantic yacht race.
His debut novel, Chiefs, was inspired by a family story about his grandfather, a police chief. The book, a gripping crime saga spanning several decades, won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and was later adapted into a television miniseries. It launched Woods' career as a novelist, leading to a prolific output of thrillers.
Woods' most famous creation, Stone Barrington, is a former NYPD detective turned high-profile lawyer who navigates elite circles while solving crimes. The series became a bestseller and remained a staple of his career, often featuring crossover characters from his other books, such as CIA operative Holly Barker and defense lawyer Ed Eagle.
Beyond writing, Woods was an experienced pilot and yachtsman. He maintained homes in Florida, Maine, and New Mexico, where he lived with his wife and their Labrador, Fred. His literary career spanned decades, with dozens of bestsellers to his name.
His debut novel, Chiefs, was inspired by a family story about his grandfather, a police chief. The book, a gripping crime saga spanning several decades, won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and was later adapted into a television miniseries. It launched Woods' career as a novelist, leading to a prolific output of thrillers.
Woods' most famous creation, Stone Barrington, is a former NYPD detective turned high-profile lawyer who navigates elite circles while solving crimes. The series became a bestseller and remained a staple of his career, often featuring crossover characters from his other books, such as CIA operative Holly Barker and defense lawyer Ed Eagle.
Beyond writing, Woods was an experienced pilot and yachtsman. He maintained homes in Florida, Maine, and New Mexico, where he lived with his wife and their Labrador, Fred. His literary career spanned decades, with dozens of bestsellers to his name.
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September 17, 2018
Good series! An enjoyable,entertaining and good storyline with a light read feeling to it (paperback!)
October 18, 2025
4 Stars. One of Stone Barrington's more interesting adventures. It's a good one with a little bit of law, a dab of Dino, more of the mob, and a lovely woman or two. Oh, and an exciting chase. Yes, it sounds like a formula, but it has yet to grow stale for this aficionado. Stone gets a call from the Police Chief of Orchid Beach, Florida. Holly Barker tells him she's coming to New York and asks for his help. They had met previously and she has never visited the Big Apple. For Stone, it's an, "I can take her to Elaine's" moment. I wish that restaurant hadn't closed. I'd love to visit! Holly is chasing Trini Rodriguez who was responsible for a horrible act at a funeral. She's tenacious and believes he's in New York. Given the chance, she plans to blow his head off! Note the title. Her unceasing pursuit can and does wear out Stone, and it gets the two of them in trouble more than once. Lawyer Ed Eagle of Santa Fe, New Mexico, even makes a guest appearance on one occasion. Actually, Holly and Stone have little difficulty in locating their subject. Getting him into custody is the story - what with a number of competing jurisdictions. Some of them are even legitimate! (May2019/Oc2025)
November 29, 2011
Perhaps sometimes we set the bar too high. Having read a number of books by Stuart Woods, I was really looking forward to Reckless Abandon. However, this book really lost my interest quickly and I was starting to wonder if my tastes have changed or if his writing has changed. Either way, this was certainly not enjoyable. The most astounding issue is the complete and total lack of depth for these characters... it's just a whirlwind of eating out (at the same place) and "gettin' jiggy with it" (in various places). Shallow layered upon shallow. We all enjoy a light read every once in a while, but this just doesn't hit the mark.
October 4, 2016
Nowhere near his best. It's not cool or funny to take advantage of Herbie Fisher. 4 of 10 stars
January 15, 2010
This is a book written for men. A few hours of good fast light reading after football season. Lots of money, always eating out - good food, hot babes, guns, action, fast cars - you see the relevance. Short, to the point cryptic speech. Almost no useless fill in prose to set a tone or deal with emotions. No tortuous character development.
The lead character has his own business with a good secretary, a good car, several contacts with the right top-of-the-line place and equipment to use. He has his own plane.
In a hurry you can read this in an hour or two. At a slow pace it'll take maybe 4 hours and won't leave you struggling with character regrets about their personal tragedy or unfulfilled "what might have been's".
Just dead bad guys, a rich main character, and you haven't wasted a lot of your life seeing a glimpse of a lifestyle you might like to try out.
It's easy to give it four or five stars unless you're looking for a pretense at real literature.
The lead character has his own business with a good secretary, a good car, several contacts with the right top-of-the-line place and equipment to use. He has his own plane.
In a hurry you can read this in an hour or two. At a slow pace it'll take maybe 4 hours and won't leave you struggling with character regrets about their personal tragedy or unfulfilled "what might have been's".
Just dead bad guys, a rich main character, and you haven't wasted a lot of your life seeing a glimpse of a lifestyle you might like to try out.
It's easy to give it four or five stars unless you're looking for a pretense at real literature.
December 11, 2016
This episode made me mad. Stone does not think period when it comes to a woman. I swear a woman is going to be the death of him one day. I really didn't care for Holly and her bull dog tactics and not wanting to listen to anybody. Glad to be through with this one hopefully the next episode I will not have an all consuming urge to shoot Stone.
August 27, 2024
Meh. What an epic letdown. If you thought Holly Barker was annoying in Orchid Beach, you haven’t seen her in NYC. Ugh!
This plot was SO bad. It tried to put every past Stuart Woods’s characters in one book and it failed.
Lance, Holly, Carpenter, Ed Eagle and even Ham couldn’t save this meandering plot of truly unbelievable situations. Ugh. Stone couldn’t even make this work. Had I known it was this bad, I would have skipped it.
This plot was SO bad. It tried to put every past Stuart Woods’s characters in one book and it failed.
Lance, Holly, Carpenter, Ed Eagle and even Ham couldn’t save this meandering plot of truly unbelievable situations. Ugh. Stone couldn’t even make this work. Had I known it was this bad, I would have skipped it.
June 28, 2018
1.5 stars out of 5.
This book was a joke. I'm scratching my head wondering how this book ever got published, or how this author ever became as popular as he is.
Literally, it feels like half the book was the main characters going out for breakfast,lunch, and dinner, and ordering oddly specific alcoholic beverages and talking about basic plot points. There were times that the reader would have to read the same information more than once just because a character would be like"huh?" or "what?". And the tons of small talk felt so empty,forced, and meaningless.
So yes, it was made up of eating out at places, getting tipsy, and trying to sound like cops with half a brain.
But then there's the pointless sex scenes. Is the author trying portray Stone as being a womanizing whoremonger, because they did a good job. Did he want to portray Holly as a whore who slept around just for favors or circumstances, because they did that too. I had 0% respect for these people, especially Holly. What a dirty slut, bouncing around from man to man. She treated sex like a fleeting thought or some forgetful dinner she had with a person she "kinda" knows. It's just a personal preference, but I'd like those moments to be meaningful and important, not just there to show how horny they are. It was cringe worthy.
The plot was boring and didn't feel like something to be taken seriously. Through the entire book I never felt the plot was of any risk to the main characters. Trini, some cliche bad guy who murders just for the hell of it, felt like he didn't even exist in the first half of the book. It felt as if they were talking about Santa Claus and his evil elves, just a legend that leaves behind "evidences". It was super convenient when the main characters are doing what they always do....eating out at a stupid restaurant, and then magically Trini shows up and Holly goes on a meaningless chase just to....add suspense? All these guys have to do is just sit around drinking their wines,etc, and then the plot will surely come to them! There was even a point where Trini literally shines a light onto their faces in the middle of the night and could easily shoot them like fish in a barrel. But Stone has the magical ability to talk a raving serial killer out of killing them because...its illegal? WTH???How mighty convenient!!!He then just walks out casually. The following morning, he kills and injures an FBI agent because he was tired? I can't even.....And how did this plot come to a close? It was terrible. Very very anticlimactic. Was some life or death shootout? Did someone die? Did someone get mortally wounded? Was someone's life in shambles or maybe there was a crazy cliffhanger??? No....They walk into a store and arrest the guy with very little effort, and Stone and Holly get richer at the end. Wow. And after all the stupid perverted sex scenes the reader had to read, Holly doesn't even end up with Stone by the last page. She just sends him $, and Stone hopes to see her again, probably just for more sex. Gimme a break.
I could say so many things. But I will just say that many of the minor characters felt like shadows with no face and generic text when speaking. In fact, Stone was even sometimes hard to identify in conversations. You might get lucky with his smartass remarks, but other than that, he was like Holly's twin, aside from her stubborn trait of being obssessed with chasing Trini. Other things that happened were stupid. Like the heroes were just sitting around talking about some guy named Vito, and then guess what? Vito calls them! What a surprise. Super convenient. Or they need some breakthrough in the case. And then Herbie, some useless idiot, literally pops out of nowhere and gives them a piece of info!! I mean the book literally says"...when Herbie Fisher appeared at their table, like an imp from a magic lantern"! The author is literally putting no thought into this! Herbie just needs to be there because the heroes of the book are lazy bums who rely on everyone else to do their hard work.
What a terrible book. I did not want to read a book about 2 horny cops eating out and flirting everyday while some generic bad guy goes on a killing spree in the background of the story. I don't care what kind of sandwich they are eating, or how fancy their beer is. This author has the wrong priorities. Makes me wonder if this book is just a projection of the author's fantasies. Being a rich cop with lots of connections and sleeping with any woman he wants, and pretending that he's a hotshot by sticking his nose into violent crime cases. And then gets richer by the end. Wow. One of the worst books I've ever read at this point of my life. I gave it a 1.5 out of 5 simply because the generic scenes where cops would storm a place caused me to turn the pages a little faster hoping that something interesting would happen. But it never happened, of course. If anyone likes this book, I have to seriously ponder their mental maturity. It's fine if you like this book. More power to you. But I can assure you, that you are a minority.
This book was a joke. I'm scratching my head wondering how this book ever got published, or how this author ever became as popular as he is.
Literally, it feels like half the book was the main characters going out for breakfast,lunch, and dinner, and ordering oddly specific alcoholic beverages and talking about basic plot points. There were times that the reader would have to read the same information more than once just because a character would be like"huh?" or "what?". And the tons of small talk felt so empty,forced, and meaningless.
So yes, it was made up of eating out at places, getting tipsy, and trying to sound like cops with half a brain.
But then there's the pointless sex scenes. Is the author trying portray Stone as being a womanizing whoremonger, because they did a good job. Did he want to portray Holly as a whore who slept around just for favors or circumstances, because they did that too. I had 0% respect for these people, especially Holly. What a dirty slut, bouncing around from man to man. She treated sex like a fleeting thought or some forgetful dinner she had with a person she "kinda" knows. It's just a personal preference, but I'd like those moments to be meaningful and important, not just there to show how horny they are. It was cringe worthy.
The plot was boring and didn't feel like something to be taken seriously. Through the entire book I never felt the plot was of any risk to the main characters. Trini, some cliche bad guy who murders just for the hell of it, felt like he didn't even exist in the first half of the book. It felt as if they were talking about Santa Claus and his evil elves, just a legend that leaves behind "evidences". It was super convenient when the main characters are doing what they always do....eating out at a stupid restaurant, and then magically Trini shows up and Holly goes on a meaningless chase just to....add suspense? All these guys have to do is just sit around drinking their wines,etc, and then the plot will surely come to them! There was even a point where Trini literally shines a light onto their faces in the middle of the night and could easily shoot them like fish in a barrel. But Stone has the magical ability to talk a raving serial killer out of killing them because...its illegal? WTH???How mighty convenient!!!He then just walks out casually. The following morning, he kills and injures an FBI agent because he was tired? I can't even.....And how did this plot come to a close? It was terrible. Very very anticlimactic. Was some life or death shootout? Did someone die? Did someone get mortally wounded? Was someone's life in shambles or maybe there was a crazy cliffhanger??? No....They walk into a store and arrest the guy with very little effort, and Stone and Holly get richer at the end. Wow. And after all the stupid perverted sex scenes the reader had to read, Holly doesn't even end up with Stone by the last page. She just sends him $, and Stone hopes to see her again, probably just for more sex. Gimme a break.
I could say so many things. But I will just say that many of the minor characters felt like shadows with no face and generic text when speaking. In fact, Stone was even sometimes hard to identify in conversations. You might get lucky with his smartass remarks, but other than that, he was like Holly's twin, aside from her stubborn trait of being obssessed with chasing Trini. Other things that happened were stupid. Like the heroes were just sitting around talking about some guy named Vito, and then guess what? Vito calls them! What a surprise. Super convenient. Or they need some breakthrough in the case. And then Herbie, some useless idiot, literally pops out of nowhere and gives them a piece of info!! I mean the book literally says"...when Herbie Fisher appeared at their table, like an imp from a magic lantern"! The author is literally putting no thought into this! Herbie just needs to be there because the heroes of the book are lazy bums who rely on everyone else to do their hard work.
What a terrible book. I did not want to read a book about 2 horny cops eating out and flirting everyday while some generic bad guy goes on a killing spree in the background of the story. I don't care what kind of sandwich they are eating, or how fancy their beer is. This author has the wrong priorities. Makes me wonder if this book is just a projection of the author's fantasies. Being a rich cop with lots of connections and sleeping with any woman he wants, and pretending that he's a hotshot by sticking his nose into violent crime cases. And then gets richer by the end. Wow. One of the worst books I've ever read at this point of my life. I gave it a 1.5 out of 5 simply because the generic scenes where cops would storm a place caused me to turn the pages a little faster hoping that something interesting would happen. But it never happened, of course. If anyone likes this book, I have to seriously ponder their mental maturity. It's fine if you like this book. More power to you. But I can assure you, that you are a minority.
July 7, 2022
Stone. Dino. Holly. The new Three Stooges.
How can someone so stupid become a chief of police?
How can someone so stupid become a chief of police?
October 30, 2022
What jackasses Stone and Dino are to goad Herbie Fisher into providing info about Trini Rodriguez knowing the FBI is offering a $100K reward and not the NYPD, so Herbie will not collect. With friends like this, it's hard to believe Herbie will continue to hold them in such high regard in the future. I realize Stone is the later catalyst for Herbie to become a great success, but at this point in the series I consider Stone to be practically abusive.
Also, I find Stone to be such a whiny little 'B' about many things. He whines about anything Lance asks of him despite it almost always coming out in his favor, including making a $750K profit in short order on a deal Lance executed, not to mention another $500K he presumably kept from monies seized from Gordon in 'The Short Forever.' He doesn't seem to care that he might be helping his country and is disdainful of those who are patriotic which really annoys me as a long
time military member. He whines about his exhaustion after having sex despite incessantly chasing and being chased by women. There seems to be a lot of Stuart Woods reflected in Stone Barrington despite SW's viewing himself more like Will Lee (whatever that means).
And (probably because I have read the books more than once) it is annoying to listen to his lectures on guns and moralizing about all kinds of things like lying and murder despite breaking each and every rule himself in various books. On the plus side, I do appreciate that Stone hasn't always had it easy in his love life and overall because of various incidents, but Stuart Woods isn't very reflective like some other authors and where we might be more sympathetic to Stone's humanity, we are many times left shaking our heads at his unbridled hedonism.
I know you're prolly wondering how in hell I have this book four stars at this point, but some of what I have written is applicable to Stone Barrington books collectively.
Also, I find Stone to be such a whiny little 'B' about many things. He whines about anything Lance asks of him despite it almost always coming out in his favor, including making a $750K profit in short order on a deal Lance executed, not to mention another $500K he presumably kept from monies seized from Gordon in 'The Short Forever.' He doesn't seem to care that he might be helping his country and is disdainful of those who are patriotic which really annoys me as a long
time military member. He whines about his exhaustion after having sex despite incessantly chasing and being chased by women. There seems to be a lot of Stuart Woods reflected in Stone Barrington despite SW's viewing himself more like Will Lee (whatever that means).
And (probably because I have read the books more than once) it is annoying to listen to his lectures on guns and moralizing about all kinds of things like lying and murder despite breaking each and every rule himself in various books. On the plus side, I do appreciate that Stone hasn't always had it easy in his love life and overall because of various incidents, but Stuart Woods isn't very reflective like some other authors and where we might be more sympathetic to Stone's humanity, we are many times left shaking our heads at his unbridled hedonism.
I know you're prolly wondering how in hell I have this book four stars at this point, but some of what I have written is applicable to Stone Barrington books collectively.
September 30, 2024
September 2024. A double favorite - Stone and Holly.
July 2023. Vito remains the truly humorous writing I this story.
December 2020 Just like the rest of 2020, I haven't finished this book but forgot about a "spoiler alert" on my prior reviews. Still a favorite read.
11-8-18 book intake great commute story!
2-20-2018 DITTO - my 2014 notes on Vito still ring true!!!! Page219 ( not a spoiler but please don't skip page 219!
4-2-2016 Still one of my favorite stories by Woods
Oct 2014 re-re-re-read. I need to NOT re-read this one for 4-5 years.
also a book on tape this time.
I like my Jan 2014 notes. Why Vance would consider her for a sensitive role when she has displayed such disregard for facts and the law makes her character unbelievable.
Side note: Woods has given Vito a great sense of humor, albeit macabre. Was truly a laugh out loud moment (can't bring myself to do the LOL thing).
Jan 2014 re-read. I reduced it back to 4 stars.
The Holly character has too much "reckless abandon" to be even considered for CIA work.
the character doesn't think first, rather wants to rush into dangerous situations and to do
things with zero thought of consequences.
I must have been in a different mind set in Sept 2013 because it is NOT a 4 star on character.
Sept 2013 re-read as hardback. I think this is now my favorite Stone book. I raised the rating to 5 stars - a rarity in my world.
June 2010
book on tape.this is a joint holly and stone book both in new york and florida pre-CIA.
somewhat farfetched with the Trini character but stone and holly made up for it. good read.
July 2023. Vito remains the truly humorous writing I this story.
December 2020 Just like the rest of 2020, I haven't finished this book but forgot about a "spoiler alert" on my prior reviews. Still a favorite read.
11-8-18 book intake great commute story!
2-20-2018 DITTO - my 2014 notes on Vito still ring true!!!! Page219 ( not a spoiler but please don't skip page 219!
4-2-2016 Still one of my favorite stories by Woods
Oct 2014 re-re-re-read. I need to NOT re-read this one for 4-5 years.
also a book on tape this time.
I like my Jan 2014 notes. Why Vance would consider her for a sensitive role when she has displayed such disregard for facts and the law makes her character unbelievable.
Side note: Woods has given Vito a great sense of humor, albeit macabre. Was truly a laugh out loud moment (can't bring myself to do the LOL thing).
Jan 2014 re-read. I reduced it back to 4 stars.
The Holly character has too much "reckless abandon" to be even considered for CIA work.
the character doesn't think first, rather wants to rush into dangerous situations and to do
things with zero thought of consequences.
I must have been in a different mind set in Sept 2013 because it is NOT a 4 star on character.
Sept 2013 re-read as hardback. I think this is now my favorite Stone book. I raised the rating to 5 stars - a rarity in my world.
June 2010
book on tape.this is a joint holly and stone book both in new york and florida pre-CIA.
somewhat farfetched with the Trini character but stone and holly made up for it. good read.
January 5, 2016
I was so sure this book was a joke, that I had to check the publishing date to see if it was April 1st.
I had been reading the Holly Barker series, and they were fine, up to this point. Then for some reason the main character, who had been thusfar a reasonable, responsible (mostly), adult law enforcement officer turned into a thoughtless, smart-mouthed, PMSing 13 year old brat. It was hard to believe that the same person wrote this book, or that the writer had even read the previous books. The plot unravels in a comedy worthy of the Keystone Kops - which I'd always hated.
I'm still spluttering and trying to find words to express my disappointment and astonishment.
I'll try the next book in the hopes that it reverts, but will dump it pretty quickly if it doesn't.
I had been reading the Holly Barker series, and they were fine, up to this point. Then for some reason the main character, who had been thusfar a reasonable, responsible (mostly), adult law enforcement officer turned into a thoughtless, smart-mouthed, PMSing 13 year old brat. It was hard to believe that the same person wrote this book, or that the writer had even read the previous books. The plot unravels in a comedy worthy of the Keystone Kops - which I'd always hated.
I'm still spluttering and trying to find words to express my disappointment and astonishment.
I'll try the next book in the hopes that it reverts, but will dump it pretty quickly if it doesn't.
November 13, 2013
This is part of the 'Stone Barrington' series crossed with "Holly Barker" series. This is a quick read by Stuart oods, but not one of his best in either series. Stone is an ex-NYPD detective who is now a lawyer. Holly is ex-military currently working as a police chief in a small town in Florida,where Stone met her when he was picking up a plane he bought. In this book they work together to capture a fugitive from Florida.It lays some ground work for future books in the series.
May 8, 2022
This the tenth book in the series brings in a new character Holly Barker a police chief in a small Florida town. Stone had a brief encounter with her earlier during a bank robbery in her town. Holly comes to New York in pursuit of a murder suspect with an extradition warrant. The action starts almost as soon as she arrives with multiple attempts on her and Stone. Lance Cabot reappears in this book and we learn much more about him and his CIA connection. A fun read.
September 21, 2015
Absolutely horrible - at least by Woods standards, and I found myself seriously doubting he penned this trainwreck. This is obviously the bringing together of two (cardboard) characters that each have their own book series (and for once my "to read"-pile did not get any higher) and most of the narrative is 3-4 word sentences dialog. I think I'll stop now.
January 8, 2019
Excellent
O say this about 99.9 percent of the time because it's true. The series is fun to read, and involves mysteries and intrigue, and humor. If you're just starting in the series, I would suggest reading them in order. It's not really necessary, but the stories refer to previous events occasionally.
O say this about 99.9 percent of the time because it's true. The series is fun to read, and involves mysteries and intrigue, and humor. If you're just starting in the series, I would suggest reading them in order. It's not really necessary, but the stories refer to previous events occasionally.
October 19, 2022
It's only book 10 of 64(!!) and I'm already feeling that "if you've read one, you've read them all". I've looked ahead and in later years the author was cranking out 3 to 4 books per year, so how much time could he have been putting into them? I'll keep going, but at this point I seriously doubt I'll get to (or even near) book 64.
August 26, 2016
Stupid, ridiculous, idiotic. Holly was turned into a oversexed teenager, locked up in a basement hearing her captors dig her a grave she decides to have sex with Stone give me a break. The hunt for the bad guy goes on and on. Not well written or thought out.
March 25, 2020
Fun and exciting as always Stone pairs up with a lady police chief from Florida. She’s tracking a fugitive to NY and thus begins what must be Stones 100th relationship with near death and must be his 200th relationship with a women!
December 11, 2021
Entire Holly Series interesting, but Holly holding onto stolen money stretches credulity.
We love Holly Barker and want her to resolve money problem stashed in tree. SHE IS SURELY ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS , all the way. Woods, can we get on with it..... eagerly awaiting March
We love Holly Barker and want her to resolve money problem stashed in tree. SHE IS SURELY ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS , all the way. Woods, can we get on with it..... eagerly awaiting March
May 11, 2010
Not one of the better Stone Barrington novels, not a very good plot.
July 16, 2013
Another good read from Stuart Woods. Fans of Stone and Holly will enjoy the book.
January 14, 2014
A lot of sex and clever repartee.. This book was a bore.
May 15, 2020
Another entertaining Stone Barrington story.
April 12, 2021
Love the characters in a Stone Barrington book. Good storyline, fast paced
May 5, 2021
I love read all the Stone Barrington Novels, that is why I started them from the beginning.
July 13, 2021
I always enjoy these books and this one was no exception.
October 27, 2021
Barker & Barrington
This one in the Barker series fully became a legion between Barker & Barrington to solve the case… not without Dino of course!
This one in the Barker series fully became a legion between Barker & Barrington to solve the case… not without Dino of course!
November 11, 2021
Excellent book, a very good read.
September 9, 2024
Another gorgeous woman from Stone's past arrives on his doorstep. This woman is a police chief in Florida who is seeking a gangster responsible for the murders of more than a dozen individuals. Cut and dried, right? Never. This bad guy is an informant under the protection of the FBI. Evidently, he's convinced those bobbleheads that his dozen murders pale in comparison to his role in breaking up an Arab terrorist cell operating in New York City. Anyway, Stone and the police chief can't touch him. Needless to say, they are only momentarily deterred from their quarry. As always, a fun read.
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